Advertising device.



i UNITED STATES PATENT CEEICE.

ADVERTISING DEVICE.

Speccation of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 8, 1905.

Application filed January 14,1905. Serial No. 241,147.

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RICHARD O. SCHEEL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements in Advertising Devices, of which the following is a specification.

rlhis invention relates to advertising devices.

As is well known, the common method of advertising is to paste show-bills or other advertising matter upon fences, blank walls, and the like. An objection to this form of advertising is that the advertisements frequently become discolored, torn, or defaced as the result of rain or by reason of the fact that they are printed upon an inferior quality of paper.

The object of the present invention is to avoid the objections to the old methods of advertising without sacriIicin-g their advantages.

With the foregoing and other minor objects in view the invention resides in the employment of a IieXible element, such as canvas or the like, upon which the advertisements are pasted or secured in any suitable manner, said exible element being then suspended from and locked securely upon a support in such manner that it may be removed easily and quickly when it is desired to substitute a similar flexible element containing different ladvertising matter.

The invention also resides in the novel combination and arrangement of parts and in the Aprecise details of construction hereinafter deupon the novel form of support hereinafter described. Each timethe advertisements are changed the eXible elements containing the old advertisements are carried back to the distributing-station or factory, where they are subjected to any suitable process, such, for example, as soaking in water, to remove the old advertising matter, and thus adapt the flexible elements to receive new advertising matter. If desired, instead of removing the old advertising matter each week the new matter may be pasted thereon until several superimposed layers shall have been produced, after which all of the layers may be removed at one operation. v

In order that the invention may be more clearly understood, reference is had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specication.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a support used in connection with the invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical section thereof, partly in elevation. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a detail view showing La part of the ieXible element fitted over one of the locking staples or eyes.

Lik-e reference numerals indicate corresponding parts in .the different views.

The reference-numeral 1 indicates a base which is formed, preferably, with a Iiared or enlarged upper end 2. Disposed in the base 1 is a socket-piece 3, which may be of any suitable form and construction. A non-rotatable rod or shaft 4-extends through the flared upper end 2 of the base l and is stepped in any suitable manner in the socket-piece 3. The non-rotatable shaft 4C is provided with a collar 5, upon which rests a hub 6, formed with radiating arms 7., which are attached at their outer ends by means of rivets 8 to the interior periphery of a rotatable cylinder 9. A second hub 10 surrounds the non-rotatable shaft 4 and is provided with radiating arms 11, similar to the arms 7 and adapted to support the upper end of the cylinder 9. The cylinder 9 is adapted to be rotated in any suitable manner-as, for example, by means of an internal gear element 12, with which meshes a suitable train of reduction-gear 13, operated by means 0f any convenient form of motor 14.

Surrounding the outer periphery of the cylinder 9, at the Lipper end thereof, is a plurality of upwardly-bent hooks 15, a plurality of eyes or staples 16 being attached in any suitable manner to the lower end of said cylinder 9, as shown. A Iiexible element 17, such as a strip of canvas or the like adapted to receive advertising matter, is engaged at its upper end with the hooks 15 and is formed at its lower end with a plurality of slots 18, each of which is adapted to be fitted over one of the eyes or staples 16. After the lieXible element 17 has been engaged with the hooks 15 and eyes or staples 16 a iexible locking element flexible advertisement receiving adapted to be engaged with the hooks and having slots to receive the eyes, a flexible lock- 19, such as a chain or the like, is passed through said eyes or sta ples outside the flexible advertisement-receiving element 17, the ends ofl said flexible locking element 19 being connected and locked in any suitable manner, as by means of a padlock 20. It will 'be understood that the flexible advertisement-receiving element 17 is in the form of a flat strip which is Wrapped around the cylinder 19, the seam formed by the meeting ends of said liexible element being indicated by 21.

An approximately cone shaped cap 22, which is of greater diameter than the cylinder 9, is mounted upon the non-rotatable shaft 4 by means of a suitable integral socket 23. If desired, a clock 24 may be mounted upon said cap. Attached in any suitable manner to a concentric flange 25 on the interior of the cap 22 is a plurality of illuminating devices 26, which by means of an annular reflector 27 serve to illuminate the flexible element 17.

Having thus fully described the invention, what is claimed as new is-H 1. An advertising device comprising a rotating cylindrical support, a flexible receiving element to envelop said support, means for supporting the upper end of said element, and means for locking the lower end of said element upon said support.

2. An advertising device comprising a support having' hooks and eyes, a flexible advertisement-receiving element adapted to be engaged with the hooks and having slots to fit the eyes, and a flexible locking element adapted to be passed through the eyes to lock the advertisement-receiving clement in place.

3. An advertising' device comprising a rotary member having hooks and eyes, and a element ing element adapted to be passed through the eyes, and means for locking the ends of' said flexible locking' element.

4. An advertising device comprising a base having a flared upper end, a socket-piece in said base, a non-rotatable shaft stepped in said socket-piece, a rotary cylinder journaled upon said non-rotatable shaft, upwardly-bent hooks at the upper end of said rotary cylinder, eyes at the lower'end of said cylinder, a flexible advertisement-receiving element engaged by the hooks at its upper end and having slots at its lower end to receive the eyes, a chain extending through said eyes, a locking device connecting the ends of said chain, a coneshaped cap of greater diameter than the rotary cylinder andhaving a socket fitted over the non-rotatable shaft, an annular flange inside the cone-shaped cap, a plurality of' illu-4 minating devices upon the fiange, and an annular reflector carried by the cap.

5. Anadvertising device comprising a rotating support, a strip of' fabric to envelop said support for the reception of advertisingsheets, means for supporting the upper end of said fabric, and means for locking the lower end of said fabric to the support.

6. An advertising device comprising a rotating support, a sheet of fabric surrounding said support, means for securing the upper end of the fabric to the support, eyes projecting from said support and engaging openings formed in the fabric, and a chain adapted to be passed through the eyes and secure the fabric in place.

1n testimony whereof l aflx my signature in presence of twov Witnesses.

RICHARD O. SCHEEL.

Witnesses:

GEO. GORBIN, WM. H. COURTENAY. 

